Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders First released in 2011, the mobile app known as First Responder Support Tools, or FiRST, has just been enhanced with a major sharing service update, according to the Science and Technology Directorate of DHS. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
DHS inspector general wants improvements in cyber incident info-sharing
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
IACP 2012: NC4 and Tampa PD have collaborated on SafeCop info-sharing system
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Tampa PD’s assist chief,John Bennett, laid thegroundwork for NC4′s SafeCop The Chief of Police for Tampa, FL, Jane Castor, was prepared to praise a new information collection and dissemination system that her department helped conceive — and is currently being offered by…
Microsoft blames security info-sharing programme MAPP for attack code leak
Microsoft has confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a programme it runs with antivirus vendors. “Details of the proof-of-concept code appear to match the vulnerability information shared with Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP) partners,” Yunsun Wee, a director with Microsoft’s Trustworthy…